Managing Director
Kaishin Pte. Ltd.
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Mani Kandasamy is listed as Managing Director at Kaishin Pte. Ltd., based in Singapore. AeroLeads shows a matched LinkedIn profile for Mani Kandasamy.
Mani Kandasamy previously worked as Business Mentor at Start2 Group and Advisor and Venture Partner at Stakeboat Capital. Mani Kandasamy holds M.S, Chemical And Polymer Engineering from University Of South Florida.
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Mani, an exceptional innovation leader has proven track record of transforming businesses from $50mn to $3.5bn+ across multiple industry sectors in developing and developed markets (Japan, China, ASEAN, India and Americas) in his 30 years at P&G. His expertise to craft disruptive innovations with new and superior performing product forms that are intuitive to use, and acumen to convert these innovations to comprehensive business plans have not only created new categories from $100mn to $500mn+ but also turned around existing businesses from $300mn to $1.5bn+. Notably, he has integrated Generative AI into superior product design to accelerate product innovation cycle by about 50%An inventor at heart, he is hands on in product creation, converting innovations to tangible business proposals, and collaborate with commercial & supply chain partners to bring products to market. He is eager to leverage his expertise to his passion for developing SME’s and making a positive impact on communities through crafting indispensable and sustainable products into profitable businesses.Mani can be reached at manivanskobe@gmail.comMani's key expertise are:Multi-Brand Portfolio Innovation Strategy - Devise innovation strategies and execution plans to grow by brand, total portfolio and the market across Asia through differentiated product design and in-market execution. Disruptive Innovation - Identify higher value Jobs to Be Done behind behavioral insights and develop indispensable products intuitive to the Job that fosters habitual use and triggers word of mouth to create new categories, transform existing businesses and grow markets.AI Integration - Combine deeper insights from generative imaging of consumer desires with large language model of reviews, and couple proprietary algorithms with public AI models to design superior products faster.Stake holder alignment - Build business models and secure alignment to $75mn+ capital and 30%+ product cost investments by co-developing in-market pivots in e-comm/retail to address potential failures and expansion plans with marketing and supply chain partners.Scale Up - Develop to plant scale new to world agile manufacturing processes across product types (emulsions, granules, perfume microcapsules) for improved operating margins.
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Business Mentor
Advisor And Venture Partner
Managing Director
Kaishin Pte. Ltd.
Vice President, Research & Development - East Hair Care And East Beauty Sector Fragrance
Develop and Execute Innovation Strategies with R&D teams in Singapore, Beijing, Kobe, and Cincinnati to:- transform $3bn+ East Hair and global Shampoo business through indispensable innovations and agility to grow in e-comm and drug where P&G did not have significant presence (’16 – ’23), and - build superior Fragrance Design capability for $6bn+ East Beauty (Hair, Skin, Personal Care) leveraging Gen AI imaging, Large Language models and proprietary algorithms.The strategic interventions grew share in China e-comm, increased premium product portfolio across Asia from 0.5% to 10%+, and grew market share in ASEAN/India/Middle East. These results were enabled by:- Disruptive, Intuitive and Talkable Treatments (unit doses, melting pearls, ….) and Superior Core Shampoo/Conditioner innovations to drive premiumization,- Pioneering surfactant diversification for shampoos that reshaped the performance s-curve, and- Crafting and aligning stake holders to an innovation strategy for developing and executing differentiated products across 7 brands and 4 regions.
Feb 2016 - Jan 2024
Senior Director, Research & Development - Hair Care - Global Conditioner Platform
Revolutionized and revived growth of the $1.5bn global conditioner and treatment business with a patented and agile manufacturing platform implementation across 14 production sites. Achieved double-digit growth through widened formulation window to step up performance for the underserved segment, and driving treatment penetration with flexible batch operations for small MOQ’s and 10% operating/inventory cost reduction.
Feb 2011 - Feb 2016
Senior Director, Research Development - Hair Care - Asia
Drove transformative growth in Asia Hair Care and turned around stagnating Japan Fabric & Home Care through:• Implementation of tailored regional innovation and never seen before Hair Treatments leading to brand relaunches across Asia Hair and achieving 10% YoY growth on $2bn Asia Hair Care business. generating $250mn+ sales. • Japan laundry market transition from powders to liquids, delivering $200mn+ incremental sales and doubling P&G market share to secure #2 position.• Disruptive innovations in Japan, creating new and never seen before Hair Treatment and Air Care products (Febreze solid fresheners)
Jan 2008 - Feb 2011
Director, Research & Development - Hair Care - Japan/Korea
Jul 2006 - Jan 2008
Director, Research & Development - Fabric & Home Care - Japan/Korea
Jul 2001 - Jul 2006
Section Head, Research & Development - Fabric Care - Global Process Development
In the Process assignments, led the development of Perfume Encapsulates and a light density low energy agglomeration process, a first to the global detergent category and impacted $1.5bn+ business
Jan 1997 - Jul 2001
Senior Scientist/Scientist, Research & Development - Fabric Care - Asia Process Dev.
May 1992 - Jan 1997
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Mani Kandasamy education
M.S, Chemical And Polymer Engineering
University Of South Florida
B. Tech, Chemical Engineering
Alagappa Chettiar College Of Engineering & Technology (Accet)
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Mani Kandasamy works for Kaishin Pte. Ltd..
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Mani Kandasamy is listed as Managing Director at Kaishin Pte. Ltd..
Where is Mani Kandasamy based?
Mani Kandasamy is based in Singapore while working with Kaishin Pte. Ltd..
What companies has Mani Kandasamy worked for?
Mani Kandasamy has worked for Kaishin Pte. Ltd., Start2 Group, Stakeboat Capital, and Procter & Gamble.
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Mani Kandasamy holds M.S, Chemical And Polymer Engineering from University Of South Florida.
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